1C Entertainment technical art director Alexey Vlasov has shared some details about the development of King’s Bounty II. The main production took only about two years, so it was a challenge for the whole team to make everything on time and optimize the game for all platforms.

Indie developer Jan Wojtecki has shared his experience of promoting its roguelike Pawnbarian. Although he had no budget for marketing, he managed to attract more than 10,000 wishlists on Steam.

MY.GAMES has announced the acquisition of Minsk, Belarus-based Mamboo Games, which publishes hyper-casual and hybrid-casual titles and develops its own games. In total, the Mamboo Games portfolio includes over 30 titles.

Blackbird Interactive CEO and founder Rob Cunningham revealed that the studio is investigating if any cases of emotional abuse and manipulation have taken place at the studio. This is in response to the harassment allegations against Jennifer Scheurle, who joined the studio in January 2021.

BioWare co-founder Trent Oster has revealed that his studio tried to pitch a “reforged” version of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. The pitch, unfortunately, failed, but now we have a little sneak peek of it.

Jennifer Scheurle is no longer chair of the IGDA Women in Games Special Interest Group. She stepped down from the role after being accused of emotional abuse and manipulation.

The trailer for the upcoming sci-fi brawler Aeon Must Die! has been taken down from YouTube following a copyright claim from animator Arsen Shakhbabyan.

SteamDB creator Pavel Djundik has shared a few screenshots of what the Steam Deck UI looks like. It is worth noting that it is still work-in-progress, so some things might change at the official launch.

China’s government continues its crusade against gaming addiction. Following the latest regulations, the authorities launched a special website urging gamers to report companies that violate state rules for playtime limits.

Neil Druckmann may have been confirmed as the director of at least one episode of the upcoming The Last of Us TV show. That’s in addition to his role as the show’s co-writer.

Indie publisher and developer Akupara Games has opened access to its internal spreadsheet, which lists game trailer specs for major stores. It might help prepare the right versions of video clips and get approval from platform holders.

Mobile publisher Zynga revealed its new title ReVamp, which will launch soon in select markets exclusively for Snapchat. ReVamp is the first social deception game to be released on Snapchat’s gaming platform, Snap Games.

When it comes to publishing their mobile games, Western developers prioritise two main app stores: the Apple AppStore and the Google Play Store. Why? They’re familiar platforms with low barriers to entry. And most developers are either unaware of wider global opportunities or assume that distributing and monetising their games on other platforms is too difficult.

Unlike the preceding trilogy, the Norse story of God of War will end after the second game. According to Sony Santa Monica creative director Cory Barlog, the studio just didn’t want to spend 15 years working on three titles.

Book Burner Games is a new indie studio founded by Russian game journalist Peter Salnikov. The small team is now working on its debut title, which will be a tactical RPG.

Composer Marty O’Donnell has been found in contempt of court over his use of Destiny assets even after he left Bungie. He will now have to pay the studio tens of thousands of dollars in fees.

Bandai Namco has revealed that its new RPG Tales of Arise has sold over 1 million copies globally in just a week. It helped bring the total shipments of the famous Japanese series to 25 million units.

Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, which is co-developed by Portkey Games and NetEase, launched in mainland China on Sep 9 to claim the top spot on the country’s iOS revenue chart.

tinyBuild has announced the acquisition (or as it calls it, “acquihire”) of another studio. It will buy Russian game studio Bad Pixel, known for multiplayer shooter Deadside. The deal could be worth up to $17.1 million.